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H. R. STILES. DIS-Ep CLEANER.

No. 596,130. Patented Dec. 28,1897.

` 'il'jNrrn raras ArnNr 'rrrcna HERvEY R. sTILns, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,130, dated December 28, 1897.

y Application filed September 21,1895. Serial No. 563,233. (N model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IERvEY R. STILES, residing at the city of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Washing Dishes, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to produce a dish-washer which will thoroughly cleanse the dishes not only with much expedition, but with such perfection in its operative work as to render it unnecessary to use any other appliances upon the same after their removal from such dish-washer. j

My invention relates tomachines for cleansing dishes; and it consists in a cylindrical rep ceptacle having adjusted therein two baskets,

' chamber.

preferably of like form and equal dimensions, each basket being of semicylindrical form and having one side a plane surface, the central portion of which is formed with such a concavity that when the two planes of such baskets are adjusted together a longitudinal interior chamber is formed for the reciprocation therein of a reciprocating,r wash-dasher, and in such other combinations and details hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure I shows the cylindrical receptacle having a section of its lid raised on hinges and having the two baskets adj usted therein, including the wash-dasher in the interior Fig. II shows the basket B before beingplaced in the receptacle. Fig. III shows the wash-dasher.

In the drawings similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

The cylindrical receptacle A is constructed of either metal, wood, or any suitable material and of any desired capacity and having a lid a so adjusted thereto as to be susceptible of being easily placed thereon and removed therefrom, such lid being constructed in two parts secured together with hinges c2, the lidbeing so perforated at its central point a3 as to permit the vertical dash-rod a4 to pass through the same with ease; also having a faucet in its side near the bottom to permit the outiiow of the water when desired.

The receptacle designed to contain the two baskets by adjustment therein may be constructed in any other desirable form than cylindrical.

Each one of the two baskets B is constructed of wire in reticular form and of any desirable capacity and being preferably, with respect of each to the other, of equal dimensions and is of semicylindrical form and has one side a plane surface, as shown at b, the vertical central portion of which is constructed with such a concavity,as shown at b2, that when the plane surfaces of such-baskets meet by being placed together a longitudinal interior chamber is formed between such concaved surfaces, as shown at b3 in Fig. I, 'and is adapted for the movement therein of a reciprocating washdasher.

Each one of such baskets may be made of any suitable vmaterial and with interstices of anydesirable form and is so made as to permit the easy flow of water through its sides,

lincluding its plane and concaved portions,

and to safely containthe dishes to be cleansed. Also, the external sides of such basketsother than its plane side are preferably so constructed as to conform to the general form of the receptacle in which such baskets are adjusted.

The wash-dasher E (shown in Fig. III) consists of a circular disk and made of any suitable material and being of such dimensions as fit easily in the chamber h3, and to permit a rapid vertical reciprocal motion therein a vertical rod a4 is securely attached to the upper central surface of such disk and passes vertically through the perforation a3 of the lid when theV same is put in the receptacle and thence vertically to a convenient distance.

The combination of the cylindrical receptaole A and the two baskets B, as shown in Fig.

I, is formed by adjusting in such cylindrical receptacle such two baskets with their plane and concaved surfaces in contact and together, and thereby forming the interior chamber b3 and in which is reciprocated the washdasher E.

Whenever desired the dash-'rod may be connected with any suitable motive machinery for producing a rapid reciprocating motion ofl the dasher in the chamber b3. Such machinery is preferably yattached to the upper surface of the lid.

When the dish-washer is ready for operative work, the dishes, so far as practicable, are set in the baskets in a sharply-inclined posi- IOO tion. The baskets and receptacle in which they are adjusted are filled With hot Water, or With cold Water when desired, to a suitable depth, the Water at the same time filling the interior chamber to the same depth. To the Water is added a little cleansing-soap or like material. The lid is then adjusted to the receptacle, and the Wash-dasher and dash-rod being adjusted to their place, as described, the Wash-dasher is then made to rapidly ply with a vertical reciprocating motion in the interior chamber and thereby causes the Water to be violently dashed and forced upon and over the dishes, and when proper care is taken the dishes Will need no other appliances for their proper cleansing after removal from the baskets.

When the capacity of the baskets is large,

H. R. STILES.

Witnesses:

JN0. M. I-IELMICK, F. A. COOPER. 

